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Anathem, and io9 on crack again
Nov. 1st, 2008 12:56 amFrom an io9 post:
Perhaps the fear that Stephenson is becoming the literary equivalent of Weaving is what motivated Anathem's marketing campaign, or maybe it was the realization that Borders wouldn't order as many copies of the book if it were labeled what it is: A space opera, pure and simple.
Seriously... what were they actually reading? Did someone slip them E. E. 'Doc' Smith reprints inside an Anathem dustjacket? Yes, there was a spaceship in it, but it's not exactly important, and frankly the book would have been better without it.
As for becoming the literary equivalent of Hugo Weaving... oh, no, what a terrible obscurity to be doomed to.
Perhaps the fear that Stephenson is becoming the literary equivalent of Weaving is what motivated Anathem's marketing campaign, or maybe it was the realization that Borders wouldn't order as many copies of the book if it were labeled what it is: A space opera, pure and simple.
Seriously... what were they actually reading? Did someone slip them E. E. 'Doc' Smith reprints inside an Anathem dustjacket? Yes, there was a spaceship in it, but it's not exactly important, and frankly the book would have been better without it.
As for becoming the literary equivalent of Hugo Weaving... oh, no, what a terrible obscurity to be doomed to.
